Elliott Receives Fourth All-WIAC First Team Award
Senior midfielder Robyn Elliott has become the first four-time All-WIAC first team selection in the history of the UW-Oshkosh women's soccer program.
Elliott, UW-Oshkosh's lone representative on this year's 20-member All-WIAC squad, led the Titans with 19 points on six goals and seven assists. Elliott also finished second on the team with 50 shots, including 30 on goal, during her 20 matches played.
This season, Elliott scored the game-winning goals during 1-0 victories over The College of St. Scholastica (Minn.) on Sept. 10, Loras College (Iowa) on Sept. 22 and UW-Platteville on Oct. 8.
Elliott tallied one goal and one assist in a 2-1 win over UW-River Falls on Oct. 1 and one goal in losses to UW-Whitewater on Oct. 5 (3-2 in overtime) and again on Nov. 3 (3-1) during the semifinal round of the WIAC Championship. She also registered two assists in a 5-0 win over Marian University on Oct. 24.
Elliott moved into fourth place on UW-Oshkosh's all-time scoring list, capping her four years with 63 points on 23 goals and 17 assists. Her career totals also include 230 shots, 106 shots on goal and nine game-winning goals in 83 matches played.
Nicole Kunick is UW-Oshkosh's all-time leading scorer with 77 points on 33 goals and 11 assists in 83 matches from 2002-05.
In her four seasons at UW-Oshkosh, Elliott helped the Titans to a 47-29-7 record, the program's first WIAC title in 2015 and NCAA Division III Championship appearances in both 2014 and 2015.
Elliott also received All-WIAC first team laurels as a midfielder in 2013-15. She went on to be named All-North Region Second Team in both 2013 and 2015 and to the All-North Region Third Team in 2014 by the National Soccer Coaches of Association of America.
Rounding out the 2016 All-WIAC first team were UW-Eau Claire's Caroline Henderson, Sammie Lefaive and Lauren Lenz; UW-La Crosse's Megan Carroll, Maddie Granos, Margaret Harings, Haley Hartkemeyer and Natalie Herzog; UW-River Falls' Carrie Anderson and Abby Soderholm; UW-Stout's Kelly Conn, Lynn Johnson and Sydney Kasper; and UW-Whitewater's Payton DeLuga, Sara Klimisch, Carina Krausert, Marie Lesperance, Carly Pottle, Brianna Reid and Mackenzie Serbousek.
UW-Whitewater swept the WIAC's four major individual awards as Reid was voted the league's Offensive Player of the Year for the second straight season. Krausert was named both the Defensive Player of the Year and Judy Kruckman Scholar-Athlete while the Warhawks' Ryan Quamme was recognized as the Coach of the Year.
UW-Whitewater won the WIAC's regular season championship with a 7-0 record, followed by UW-La Crosse at 5-2, UW-Eau Claire at 4-2-1, UW-Oshkosh and UW-Stout at 3-4, UW-River Falls at 2-4-1, UW-Platteville at 2-5 and UW-Stevens Point at 1-6. UW-Whitewater also won the league's postseason tournament by defeating UW-La Crosse, 3-0, in the championship match.
UW-Oshkosh compiled a 10-9-1 record during the 2016 campaign for its seventh consecutive winning season. The Titans were eliminated from the WIAC Championship following their 3-1 loss to UW-Whitewater in the semifinal round.